The W3C must abandon any notion of developing or endorsing standards that
fall under intellectual property claims of any kind. The sole exception to
this would a standard in which all of the IP involved would be guaranteed
explicitly by the owners: 1) to be forever free for use by everyone without
restriction, and 2) to be forever free of charge.
*** Mike O'Regan moregan@stresscafe.com (Chicago, IL, USA)